On June 8, Jin10 reported that U.S. President Trump posted on Truth Social stating that if California Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass cannot do their jobs (which they are known not to be able to do), then the federal government will step in to appropriately resolve the issues of riots and looting!!!

Karen Manna of Federated Hermes stated that Federal Reserve Chairman Powell may not be able to meet investors' demands for clarity following the interest rate decision. Powell may face questions about the impact of tariffs on inflation and the economy, as the levels and duration of the tariffs are unknown, which will limit his ability to provide more information. Predictions are fraught with difficulties, and uncertainty may persist until the June meeting.

According to Gate.io News bot, Wu Shuo reported that on May 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on the Myanmar armed group Karen National Army (KNA). OFAC pointed out that the organization is involved in illegal activities such as transnational cyber fraud, human trafficking, and smuggling. Investigations show that the organization committed fraud by setting up fake cryptocurrency investment platforms, luring victims to invest funds for a long time before fleeing with the money. In 2022 and 2023, American victims suffered total losses of $2 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively. OFAC further disclosed that KNA cooperated with Cambodian financial institutions such as Huione Group to conduct virtual asset money laundering through new types of cryptocurrency scams like "pig butchering".

On January 7th, Jin10 Data learned that Karen Building Materials announced that it has recently signed a framework agreement on the acquisition of Suzhou Jia Zhi Cai Optoelectronics' controlling rights with Suzhou Si Cai Optoelectronics, Suzhou He Cai, Suzhou Yuan Cai and Chen Xianfeng. The company plans to purchase no more than 51% of the equity through cash payment. At the same time, the controlling shareholder Karen Holdings, actual controller Qian Linde and its concerted action person Green Finance Investment plan to transfer a total of 53.6342 million shares of the company through protocol transfer to Suzhou Si Cai Optoelectronics and Chen Xianfeng, accounting for 14.4852% of the total share capital of the company. Among them, Karen Holdings plans to transfer 6.7788%, Qian Linde plans to transfer 1.6204%, and Green Finance Investment plans to transfer 6.0859%. Suzhou Si Cai Optoelectronics will acquire 9.2187%, and Chen Xianfeng will acquire 5.2664%. After the completion of this transaction, Suzhou Si Cai Optoelectronics will hold 9.2187% of the shares of the listed company, and Chen Xianfeng will hold 5.2664% of the shares.

Karen Karniol-Tambour, co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, said the Fed may cut interest rates more slowly than many market participants expect. She said: "The factors that lead to rapid rate cuts usually require the economy to decline very quickly, but that is far from where we are today." The bar is high in either direction (hikes or cuts) and I'll have to see how that plays out going forward, but with inflation stickiness, or levels, higher than it should be, I wouldn't be too wary of a big rate cut Excited."

Karen Ward, chief market strategist for EMEA at JPMorgan Asset Management, said interest rate markets were "overly optimistic" that the central bank might cut rates pre-emptively, so traders are likely to continue to unwind those bets. Some of those bets are already being unwound in interest rate markets, and that is expected to continue, she said. That puts the valuations of some growth, mega-cap tech stocks at risk, again suggesting a possible lower U.S. weight and more diversification elsewhere. Inflation will remain in focus and if core data is sticky, the central bank will be more constrained in focusing on growth, Ward said